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Breath test to detect malaria

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Original article by John Ross
The Australian – Page: 9 : 7-Nov-17

Biologists at Washington University in the US state of Missouri have developed a procedure for detecting signs of malaria in infected people’s breath. They trialled their procedure on patients in a children’s clinic in Malawi. When breath samples were returned to the US for testing, it was found they had correctly diagnosed 83 per cent of those already known to be carrying the disease as a result of blood tests. Australian researchers have previously observed high levels of certain chemicals being exhaled by malaria sufferers.

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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,CSIRO,BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Malcolm Turnbull moves on citizenship, orders full disclosure

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for all federal politicians to declare to the parliament that they are not dual citizens as a way of resolving the current citizenship saga. However, he continued to resist calls for a citizenship audit of federal MPs, as has been sought by the minor parties. Turnbull’s proposal would apply to both sitting and new MPs, with new MPs being required to make declarations within 21 days of being sworn in. Supporting documentation would be required by MPs when making their declaration.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET,HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY,LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Westpac CEO says political consensus needed to lift business confidence

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Original article by James Eyers,James Frost
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has urged Australia’s politicians to find common ground on issues such as energy policy and infrastructure spending, so as to encourage business confidence. He made his remarks while announcing on 6 November that Westpac had recorded an annual profit of $A8.1 billion. Westpac predicts that Australian gross domestic product will grow by just 2.5 per cent in 2018, compared with forecast global growth of 3.5 per cent. Hartzer does not expect any change in interest rates for some time to come.

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WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC,AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY,RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY,AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ,NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB

A Pilbara gold rush guide

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Original article by Tim Boreham
The Australian – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

Upwards of 20 ASX-listed companies are looking for gold in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. They are being buoyed by comparisons being made between the discoveries made to date there and the Witwatersrand formation in South Africa; the latter region has produced half the world’s gold to date. Some of the more prominent companies involved in the "Pilbara gold rush" include Artermis Resources, De Grey Mining and Calidus Resources. The last named company’s activities in the region include the exploration of two leases held by Haoma Mining, with an option to acquire them.

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ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX,ARTEMIS RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX AYL,DE GREY MINING LIMITED – ASX DEG,CALIDUS RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX CAI,HAOMA MINING NL – ASX HAO,ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED,NOVO RESOURCES,KIRKLAND,KALAMAZOO RESOURCES LIMITED – ASX KZR,KAIROS MINERALS LIMITED – ASX KAI,CHALICE GOLD MINES LIMITED – ASX CHN,DGO GOLD LIMITED – ASX DGO,MARINDI METALS LIMITED – ASX MZN,SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE MINING LIMITED – ASX SUH,SPROTT GLOBAL RESOURCE INVESTMENTS LIMITED,IMPACT MINERALS LIMITED – ASX IPT

Harvey Norman showdown likely over chairman’s re-election

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

The Australian Shareholders’ Association has urged Harvey Norman shareholders not to vote for the re-election of chairman Gerry Harvey and two other directors at its AGM on 16 November. If the nominated three directors are re-elected, the ASA contends Harvey Norman will no longer have an independent board as from December. Under its guidelines, any director that has been on a board for more than 12 years is no longer deemed independent. The ASA also plans to vote against Harvey Norman’s remuneration report, while it will also urge Wesfarmers’ shareholders to vote against its remuneration report at its AGM, to be held on the same day.

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AUSTRALIAN SHAREHOLDERS’ ASSOCIATION,HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN,WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES,AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION,ASX LIMITED – ASX ASX

Tasmanian dairy workers offer 20pc pay cut to save jobs

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Original article by Sue Neales
The Australian – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

Struggling dairy producer Murray Goulburn is due to close a milk processing plant at Edith Creek in Tasmania on 30 November. However, staff there have agreed to forgo around 20 per cent of their take-home wages if another company agrees to acquire the factory and keep it open. TasAsia Dairy is interested in acquiring the plant, and National Union of Workers’ official Neil Smith says it, the NWU and the plant’s more than 100 workers have entered into a preliminary agreement that would see it remain open.

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MURRAY GOULBURN CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY LIMITED,TASASIA DAIRY,NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS,SAPUTO INCORPORATED,TASMANIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION,DUTCH HILL DAIRY GROUP

Coalmine is not a convent when talking abuse

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 7-Nov-17

The Fair Work Commission has upheld an unfair dismissal claim against mining company South32. The company had dismissed Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union delegate Matthew Gosek as a result of his use of abusive language and physical threats against eight co-workers. In upholding Gosek’s challenge against his dismissal, FWC Commissioner Bernie Riordan noted Gosek had been affected by a combination of alcohol and anti-depressants at the time, and that bad language was commonplace in the workplace. Industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood says the FWC’s decision could be seen as condoning union bullying.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION,SOUTH32 LIMITED – ASX S32,ILLAWARRA COAL PTY LTD,GLENCORE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA

Meet the new Qantas chairman

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Original article by Michael Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 28 : 7-Nov-17

Richard Goyder will be stepping down as CEO of Wesfarmers in the week commencing 13 November, and will be joining the board of Qantas Airways in the same week. There is every expectation that Goyder will become the next Qantas chairman, with incumbent Leigh Clifford likely to step aside towards the end of 2018. Goyder is already the chairman of the Australian Football League Commission, and is due to take over as chairman of Woodside Petroleum in April 2018.

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WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES,QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN,AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE COMMISSION,WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL,ORICA LIMITED – ASX ORI,ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED – ASX ORG

Marmelo’s the mother of all Cup tips

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Original article by Chip Le Grand
The Australian – Page: 8 : 7-Nov-17

Marmelo, part-owned by property developer Ozzie Kheir and wife Linsey, is current favourite to win the $A6.25 million Melbourne Cup on 7 November. Kheir runs property group Resimax, while Phil Mehrten, who also has an interest in Marmelo, founded Probuild, a construction company that generates around $A2 billion a year in revenue. The Kheirs had an interest in 2011 Cup third-place getter Lucas Cranach and 2014 winner Protectionist. Linsey Kheir was heavily pregnant on both occasions, as is the case at the moment.

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RESIMAX,PROBUILD PTY LTD

PR and comms want visa reversal

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: 24 : 6-Nov-17

The Public Relations Institute of Australia has urged the federal government to overturn its ban on 457 visas for staff in the public relations industry. PRIA president Jenny Muir says other related sectors, including marketing and communications, have been similarly impacted by the ban, which she says was implemented without any consultation with the PR sector. A spokesperson for the federal Immigration Department says its next review of the occupations list will be made in January 2018.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS PTY LTD, HERD MSL, ATLASSIAN CORPORATION PLC